Bottle-stopper.



No. 801,110. PATENTED OCT 3, 1905.

E. E. ROTHGHILD.

BOTTLE STOPPBR.

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UNITED STATES ATENI CFFICE.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application filed April 27, 1905. Serial No. 257,633.

lb all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMANUEL EDWIN ROTH- CHILD, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers; and 1 do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in bottle-stoppers whereby the contents of the bottles are prevented from becoming injured by contact with the corks and whereby the extraction of the cork is facilitated; and my invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of a bottle-stopper embodying my improvements, showing the same in the neck of a bottle. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of my appliance, showing the same in an incomplete state of manufacture. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the same, showing the appliance in a finished state of manufacture ready for attachment to a cork; and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are detail views illustrating modified constructions.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide a rod 1, which is adapted to be extended through the center of a cork a, is provided near its lower end with a disk 2 to bear against the under side of the cork, and is provided at its extreme lower end with a disk or button 3. A cap 4, of porcelain, glass, stoneware, or other suitable material, is molded to the button or disk 3, envelops and embeds the same, and extends to the disk 2, its diameter being somewhat greater than that of the disk 2, so that its periphery snugly engages the neck of the bottle in which the appliance is used. The

upper end of the rod 1 is provided with suitable means whereby it may be grasped and pulled in order to extract the cork. In Fig. 1 the upper end of the rod is shown as bent into a finger-hold or ring 5. In Fig. 4: the upper end of the rod 6 is shown as formed with an eye 7 for engagement by a hook 8. In Fig. 5

1 show a ring 9 connected to the upper end of the rod 10 by means of a short chain 11. In Fig. 6 I show a modified construction ofdevice, in which the lower button is dispensed with, as is also the-cap, and only a disk 12 is provided at the bottom of the rod to bear against the bottom of the cork and the diameter of which is less than that of the cork.

It will be understood that a cork provided with my improved appliance may be readily drawn from a bottle without the necessity of employing a corkscrew; that the cap at the base of the cork, and which is of non-corrodible material, prevents injury to the contents of the bottle, and, moreover, the said cap serves to cover the bottom of the cork and prevents the cork from imparting a disagree able taste to the contents of the bottle. By the provision of the button or disk at the lower end of the rod and the further provision of the disk 2 the non-corrodible cap is so firmly secured to the rod that it cannot become casually detached therefrom.

The disk 2 and disk or button 3 may be formed separate from and secured to the rod, or they may be formed integrally therewith. I do not desire to limit myself in this particular.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A bottle-stopper comprising a cork, a rod extending longitudinally through the same, provided with a disk to bear against the bottom of the cork, a disk of less diameter and below the first-mentioned disk, and a cap en- -veloping the lower disk and extending to the upper disk, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMANUEL EDWIN ROTHCHILD.

Witnesses:

A. WV. BOWMAN, E. L. BARTHOLOMEW. 

